http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/ String Teachers Support Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:32:27 GMT Connie Sunday http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2533 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2533 Ref: http://beststudentviolins.com/PedagogyTech.html#28 Violin/Viola FAQ http://beststudentviolins.com/FAQ.html Learning & Techniques Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:14:03 GMT BestStudentViolins.com http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2532 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2532 Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people http://www.physorg.com/news142185056.html Musicians use both sides of their brains Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:18:48 GMT techfiddle http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2531 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2531 ... Yes, the book is extremely insightful. Behaviorally, life is a series of choices, isn't it? How am I going to react? What am I really dealing with here? Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:10:42 GMT techfiddle http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2530 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2530 Yes; I'm about 3/4 of the way through it -- I can't put it down! And the author is talking about how to recognize such people. It isn't easy. ... to learn Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:09:02 GMT Robert Reck http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2529 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2529 Thanks for that recommendation. Since this is a semi-public forum I will just say that it will pay to learn to recognize red flags that indicate a problem Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:42:46 GMT techfiddle http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2528 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2528 ... No! I don't know enough about your circumstances to make any determination about anyone, and even if I did, I'm not qualified to make any such Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:40:47 GMT Marnie Thies http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2527 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2527 I will, thanks Connie. You're not saying my Dad is a sociopath, are you?  Don't worry, I won't be offended.  I can handle the truth.  Who are you saying is Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:26:08 GMT techfiddle http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2526 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2526 You've got to read this book: The Sociopath Next Door http://tinyurl.com/4smb5j Narcissism, personality disorders (like the borderlines Cliff mentioned), Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:18:30 GMT Marnie Thies http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2525 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2525 You can't say that enough!!  That's part of why I like to teach. Anyway, after I said, please don't mention that person's name, he said, Well it's my house, Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:11:12 GMT techfiddle http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2524 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2524 I'm sorry to hear that about your mother; I think pretty much everyone has interpersonal and family problems. I just know that, for me, I have to keep these Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:09:36 GMT Marnie Thies http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2523 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2523 I don't need to though.  And you're right.  This person is downright objectionable.  Because of the it, my mother didn't talk to me for three weeks. Marnie Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:05:09 GMT techfiddle http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2522 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2522 Interesting that you would characterize this person you don't like as an "it." That is the way governments and others who find it to their advantage to Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:43:53 GMT Cliff Self http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2521 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2521 These last two threads make me feel extremely fortunate that I've never had a single deadbeat or cheater in my studio. With the exception of a few raging Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:43:43 GMT Marnie Thies http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2520 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2520 Hi Connie/All, Sure seems like you've dealt with some interesting characters in your life!!  And I think you're very right in that the person that didn't pay Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:35:00 GMT Marnie Thies http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2519 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/string_teacher_support/message/2519 Yeah, I suppose I could say something like, "Per the policy of so and so, please drop off the drop in my mailbox by next week's lesson to reserve your time